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Robin
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15th Apr 06 at 21:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes, i abused it, i was seeing how fun it was, and it surprised me, seems to be pretty good on the twisties

bit slow, not much grip, clutch is slipping, but still fun

i'll put some oil in it and give it a checkover tomorrow

any idea how to do the thermostat Rob? seems like it might be a cambelt off job
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15th Apr 06 at 21:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
erm, i did absolutley no maintenance to mine, so nope not a clue
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15th Apr 06 at 21:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
why spend money fixing this, when it wont take much to get a 1600 back into the yellow one
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15th Apr 06 at 21:16   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cos i have £0

and the yellow one needs

seat, engine, lights, gearbox

and its too much to insure
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15th Apr 06 at 21:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
er...

the red one has all the parts
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15th Apr 06 at 21:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i can get my lights back find a seat, just need a new engine and box, so i can move it about again
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15th Apr 06 at 21:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you can pick up 1600's dirt cheap dude!!!

just find a twatted/smashed 1600 sport or GSi..... rip n strip
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15th Apr 06 at 21:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'll start looking round the scrappies next week then

only need the bottom end really got a spare head that i could use

might not take as long as i thought actually
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15th Apr 06 at 21:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get it sorted!!! Whats actually wrong with the old bottom end?
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15th Apr 06 at 21:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bores have gone rusty cos its got no head on it

dont fancy running it again tbh

only problem with the spare head is its off my old engine, so i'd be building an X16XEL or until i can get it ported anyway
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When you say "the yellow one" I take it you mean the Nova? Didn't you swap that with someone though
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15th Apr 06 at 21:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my old 1.6 16v slut of a corsa
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15th Apr 06 at 21:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just get the block bored out a wee bit, piston rings to suit

Why was it taken off the road, declared dead ?!?!?!?!
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15th Apr 06 at 21:35   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well... i banana'd the head, wouldnt hold water or anything, jr was here and it started spewing steam out of the exhaust when i topped it up

was also overfuelling and spitting flames between gears even changing at 4 ir 5k

went on holiday and left it at brosters house so he could find out what was wrong and try to fix it, get an MMS of my pistons

turns out he decided to whip the head off to see if it was warped, stealing the morettes in the process

so i get back off my holiday and have to find a new car cos corsa wouldnt work

cant have the block bored giving it to rob hayes so he can finish his engine

or i was giving it to him.....
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injectors mate, you got uprated ones??

my 20xe used to always do this untill i replaced them with new ones then it ran so much better and the tapping stopped
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15th Apr 06 at 21:36   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
standard ones Brad, its only a C14SE, no need for anything over the top i'm afraid
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
well... i banana'd the head, wouldnt hold water or anything, jr was here and it started spewing steam out of the exhaust when i topped it up

was also overfuelling and spitting flames between gears even changing at 4 ir 5k

went on holiday and left it at brosters house so he could find out what was wrong and try to fix it, get an MMS of my pistons

turns out he decided to whip the head off to see if it was warped, stealing the morettes in the process

so i get back off my holiday and have to find a new car cos corsa wouldnt work

cant have the block bored giving it to rob hayes so he can finish his engine

or i was giving it to him.....


Robin
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15th Apr 06 at 21:42   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
only kidding dude, i'll find one, dont you worry

you need it more than me at the moment anyway
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oh, and i have another bare block you can have if required, as well as 8 pistons to choose from? or 12 including the ones u currently have...
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15th Apr 06 at 21:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what do you actually need from this block then?

cos i might be able to cobble together something from my X14 and an X16 block and some pistons
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15th Apr 06 at 21:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
erm

crank+flywheel
starter motor + mount/bolts etc
3 bolts that hold the inner cambelt cover on
water pump possibly
idler rollers, again possibly
most of the coolant pipework
metal cam cover + bolts
alternator + mounts/bolts

im sure theres numerous other bits that im overlooking, hence why i thought it be better to have a full engine rather than get 7/8's complete and find im missing a bolt or something ridiculous
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15th Apr 06 at 21:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'll have to see if ive got all of those

you know what brosters like, hes probably stolen the starter motor already

havent got any cambelt rollers
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15th Apr 06 at 22:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i dont understand.... why cant you bore the block, if its even needed?! Just hone the bores, new rings.

Strip the head, rebuild with new seals and freshly ground in valves.... fit metal headgasket after giving the head a skim.

Seems your going an expensive way to fix a potentially small problem
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cos rob wants the crank and stuff

i could just rebuild it i suppose, wouldnt cost too much, but it'd be a standard 1.6, still need to get throttle bodies and stuff

hmmmmm..... i think you might be right though, could be a cheap fix, not worth throwing money away is suppose
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a standard 1.6 is better than half a standard 1.6 ?! wasnt it on TB's before? or was it mantzel? is fo... what happened to them?

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